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WILLIAM F. OAK-LEY, Gi? 'NEW YORK, N. Y.

SLIP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Marcli'fl, 190B:

Application flied February 19, 1907. Serial. No. lll.

To all wlw/m 'it mail; concern.'

.Be itknown that I, WiLLrAM F. Garnier, a citizen or' the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have, invented certain .new and useful. liinproveinents in Clips, oi

which the following is a speciiicatlon.

My invention. relates to iinproi'enients in clips, and particularly-that type which are adapted to securely 'retain a pencil or 4penholder within the pocket of a germen T he object oi niy invention is to provide a cheap, and simple, yet reliable and eilective l cli 3, iree lrcin elastic bands of rubber,

yereierably as\ shown, a spring* sheet-metal coi ed springs and the like which gradually lose their resiliency and become ineliective.

Having thus indicated the nature andob* jects oiIv niy invention and in order to enable those skilled in the art to utilize and more fully comprehend the saine, l will now pro- -`ce'ed to describe the preferred mode cloonstructing and utilizing the saine, reference being` had to the devices d' losed inl the ac coinjpaiiying; drawings forming a part of this specitlcaticn.

ln the accompanying drawings:.Figure l is a plankview ci a piece ol' sheet spring-metal arrel or split-ring, which is provided with recesses 2 and el and a projecting spring arin 55. This spring-erin is of e coinpQuni'lH curve conligurationand is arched in crosssection across the greater portieri ol the Width thereof at its ripper end Where the said compoui'ickcurve is of shortest radius.

rlhe said arch being incre pronounced in curvature than the curvilinear body is not concentric therewith .andY being ol' greater curvature the radius of curvature oi the arch is considerably less than the radius of curva ture of the curvilinear body. At the point of `iunction of the spring-arm with the curvilinear body the erin conforms substantially in transverse curvature tothe curvar ture ol'said body, as the arch does not en tend throughout the length of said spring arm. The end of said spring-arm is provided with roughened Veliaped grooves produced bv'scoriiigtlie saine and the greater portion oi the shank distant from said grooves is arched in cross section, preferably having a -50 convex configuration, as shown at G. In order to afford a greater degree nl Jfriction of the clip and pencil, the barrel is provided with openings 7, which present additional edges to the pencil and serve to prevent the displacement of the saine longitudinally thereof. The s wing-erin is integral With the curvilinear body and extends both above and below the point ol junction there-With" and the end S is decidedly upturned to 1per- 70 Init of certain engagement oi the sainewith the opposite side oi' the rino oi a pocket troni that contacting with the pencil. A neck 9 unites the clip into an'integral piece and directly receives the strains resulting from thrusts upon the end oli the spring-erin upon contacting With the rini o'f a pocket.

lhe reterence letter o designates a fragment oi a pencil.

The chief advantages of the structures go herein described reside in the nonelippin features both With regard to the pencil an also to the riin ol a pocket. Moreover these features are coinbincijl with an extraordinary degree oi strength and there is an entire 35 absence ci elastic bands, which are subject/to deterioration.

Various n iodiiications can be made Within the scope ol' the appended cla-lois Without departing iroin the spirit of niy invention.

claim:

l. A clip adapted to slide-bly engage a garment, comprising a curvilinear body adapted to engage a rigid support, a spring 95 erin of a compound-curve configuration and arched in 'cross-section across the greater 'portion of the width thereof at the point Where the curve is of shortest radius, the

radius of curvature ol: said .arch being con- .i60

siderably lees than the radius oil curvature of said curvilinear body, and said arrn bein integral with said bodyand extending bot above and below the point of junction therewith and conforming substantially in trans 105 verse curvature, immediately adjacent the point of junction With'said body, with theV curvature of saidl body. l

2. A clip, vcomprising a split-ring-fsnaped,

tubular barrehprovided With recesses ci;u 11,0v .tending inwardly from the upper and lower edges respectively of said barrel, a transM Having thus described rny invention l verseiy erending neck between seid reoesses,' upon an opposing surface Without preventsoriugenn comprising u Compound-curve ing sliding engagement of the end with such enarched cross-see'bion at its point of surface, substantially as' described. greatest curvature across substantially its Signed' ait New York, in the countyof New 5 entire width, said :mn Vbeing integral with York, end State. of New-York, this 16th day 15 the neck between the aforesaid top and bou of February, A. D. 1907.

nom'recesses end' extending both above sindv WILLlAM F. OAKLEY. below the seme, and e plurality of sf-shaped. Witnesses: grooves et 'the lower end of said springe-rm W. H. SWENARTON,

lo adapted to increase the .friction of the end CHARLES E. Wmz. 

